Nuclear power protests in Japan - in pictures

A policeman struggles to contain protesters during a large anti-nuclear rally Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA A protester with radioactivity make-up performs next to a policeman in Tokyo Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA Anti-nuclear activists take part in a demonstration on a street in Tokyo Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images A protester holding an umbrella painted with an altered Tokyo Electric Power Co logo Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters Japanese police try to control protesters as they gather on the streets opposite the official residence of the prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Getty Images Anti-nuclear protesters confront the riot police dispersing them at Kansai Electric Power Co Photograph: The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images Anti-nuclear activists stand in front of a line of police officers during a protest in Fukui Photograph: Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images Protesters take part in an anti-nuclear demonstration demanding a stop to the resumption of nuclear power operations Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters People protesting against the restart of Ohi nuclear power plant park their vehicles to block a road Photograph: AP An anti-nuclear protester shouts during the demonstration at Kansai Electric Power Co's Oi nuclear power plant Photograph: The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images Workers of Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi nuclear power plant monitors the restart of the No 3 unit in Ohi Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters People protesting the restart of Ohi nuclear power plant block a road leading to the entrance Photograph: AP